Glasgow, IL is a small village located in Madison County with a population of just over 1,300 people. It is a close-knit community that takes pride in its local politics and the decisions made to ensure its continued growth and prosperity. The village holds elections every two years for its mayor and four trustees. These elected officials then make decisions about the village's budget, taxes, infrastructure projects, zoning plans, and services such as police, fire protection, public works maintenance, street lighting, park maintenance and more. Local residents take an active role in their local government by attending town meetings to voice their opinions on important issues that affect them and participating in local campaigns during election season. Glasgow is committed to representing all of its residents' interests while striving for a bright future for the village as a whole.
The political climate in Glasgow, IL is strongly conservative.
Scott County, IL is very conservative. In Scott County, IL 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 20.9%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glasgow, IL is strongly conservative.
Scott County, Illinois is very conservative.
Jacksonville Metro Area is very conservative.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Glasgow, Illinois: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Glasgow, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $13,526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)